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From my kayak 6/24- 7/14

We have been out on various local lakes and rivers a couple of times a week and have seen a lot: ducks, herons, other birds, deer, beaver, and flowers etc.

Cormorants.
Connecticut River 6/23/26
Mallard family.
Connecticut River 6/23/26
Blue flag. Ompompanoosuc River 6/25/26
Not quite adult mallards.
Connecticut River 6/30/26
Cormorant on a log. Connecticut River 7/2/26
Cormorant.
Connecticut River 7/2/26
Fawn.
Connecticut River 7/2/26
Jane with wispy fog. Connecticut River 7/2/26
Molting mallard takes a stretch. Connecticut River 7/2/26
Dragonfly.
North Hartland Lake 7/3/26
Immature eagle in flight. North Hartland Lake 7/3/26
Adult bald eagle.
North Hartland Lake 7/3/26
Orchid (?)
Lake Armington 7/5/26
Sundew.
Lake Armington 7/5/26
Raft of ducks.
Connecticut River 7/8/26
Gull.
Connecticut River 7/8/26
Osprey
Connecticut River 7/8/26
Turkey vulture with the moon.
Connecticut River 7/8/26
Black eyed susans. Ompompanoosuc River 7/9/26
Dragonfly. Ompompanoosuc River 7/9/26
Mergansers. Ompompanoosuc River 7/9/26
Bald eagle flying with a fish. North Hartland Lake 7/12/26
Bald eagle with a fish. North Hartland Lake 7/12/26
Belted kingfisher. North Hartland Lake 7/12/26
Great blue heron with a fish. North Hartland Lake 7/12/26
Beaver. Connecticut River 7/14/26
Song sparrow. Connecticut River 7/14/26
Common merganser family. North Hartland Lake 7/12/26
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From my kayak 8/30-9/1

We paddled North Hartland Lake twice on their closing weekend (Labor Day). We will miss seeing the eagles, herons, kingfishers and turtles until next year.

Bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 8/30/25
Young bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 8/30/25
Migrating birds. North Hartland Lake 8/30/25
Wood ducks flying. North Hartland Lake 8/30/25
Adult bald eagle. North Hartland Lake 9/1/25
Immature bald eagle fluffing it’s feathers North Hartland Lake 9/1/25
Belted kingfisher North Hartland Lake 9/1/25
Osprey, North Hartland Lake 9/1/25
Spotted sandpiper (?). North Hartland Lake 9/1/25
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From my kayak 7/27-8/11

We have spent the month on our local lakes/rivers with an occasional foray to more distant bodies of water.

  • Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake -7/27/19
  • Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake 7/27/19
  • Great blue heron. — Ompompanoosuc River 7/28/18
  • Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
  • Green heron –Connecticut River 7/29/19
  • Common loon –Grafton Pond 7/30/19
  • Common loon. –Grafton Pond 7/30/19
  • Fish for baby. Common loon– Grafton Pond, NH 7/30/19
  • Loon on display –Grafton Pond 7-30-19
  • White great heron –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
  • Bald Eagle –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
  • Osprey –North Hartland Lake 8/10/19
  • Wood duck –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
  • Spotted sandpiper –North Hartland Lake 8/2/19
  • Bee on pickerel weed. –North Hartland Lake 8/10/19
  • Butterfly on Joe Pye weed.–North Hartland Lake 8/10/19
  • A dragon fly –Grafton Pond 7/30/19
  • Twelve spotted dragon fly –Connecticut River 7/29/19
  • Pond lily with damsel fly –Ompompanoosuc River 7/28/19
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Kayaking 7/5 – 10

On July 1, we had a flooding event. The Wilder dam opened its floodgates,making for unsafe paddling conditions. Above the dam it was either mudflat or strong current filled with floating debris. Finally on Wednesday, the river was back to normal levels so we went out.

A family of ducks. –Connecticut River, Wilder 7/5/17
Wood duck —
Connecticut River, Wilder 7/5/17

The next day, we headed to North Hartland Dam. Here, the water levels had risen about 4 feet, leaving a bath tub ring of mud on the plants around the lake. They were busy dredging the outlet of the dam, trying to get rid of accumulated silt and debris.

Dredging the outlet at the North Hartland Dam –North Hartland Lake, 7/6/17


We saw a number of birds of prey: eagles,

Bald eagle, probably 4 years old. –North Hartland Lake, 7/6/17


a couple of osprey,

Osprey –North Hartland Lake, 7/6/17


a great blue heron

Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake, 7/6/17


as well as a red-winged blackbird.

Red-winged blackbird –North Hartland Lake, 7/6/17

After a ducky day on the Connecticut,

Duck family –Connecticut River 7/8/17


we returned to North Hartland.

Duck family –North Hartland Lake, 7/10/17
Kingfisher –North Hartland Lake, 7/10/17
Kingbird feeding babies—North Hartland Lake, 7/10/17
Great blue heron –North Hartland Lake, 7/10/17
Water lily –North Hartland Lake, 7/10/17
Fishing at the North Hartland Dam –North Hartland Lake, 7/10/17
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North Hartland Lake 9/12

We spent quite a while watching an immature bald eagle yesterday on North Hartland Lake.

Immature bald eagle
Immature bald eagle

Watching me
Watching me

Eagle taking off
Eagle taking off

We also saw the usual variety of herons, ducks, and osprey.

Osprey with fish
Osprey with fish

Great blue heron with lunch
Great blue heron with lunch

Mergansers and an egret
Mergansers and an egret